D&C 30:2

But your mind has been on the things of the earth more than on the things of me, your maker, and the ministry whereunto you have been called.

This has been a difficult month. First, we decided to redo our basement and ordered carpet. So we quickly had to paint and get things ready. That was a solid week of non-stop work. We were exhausted. But then the stairway was so difficult. In our old house, the walls of the back entry and staircase to the basement were so rough.  We decided to hide them under paintable wallpaper.  Just that alone took another week. (We are getting too old to hang wallpaper in a staircase)

Then we have the problem of how the rest of the basement looked after the walls were painted.  Two of the doors needed painting and new knobs.  One needed to be shortened to accommodate the new carpet. And soon the month was gone and we're still finishing the basement. The old light fixture doesn't go with the update.  One thing after another needs replacing including hiring an electrician to fix electrical problems.

We are so glad we did this but following that work another problem came.

My husband's health for the last few weeks spiralized out of control.  His doctors have been changing his meds and he got absolutely unstable - dizzy, unsteady, exhausted, and then he began talking like a drunk - you know how a drunk can get right in your face and be obnoxious. He was so in my face and then he woke up one day and could not speak coherently.

We immediately sent the doctor a message for permission to stop his new medication and go back to the previous medication.

Well, by the time the doctor replied that he could do a half dose for 3 days before stopping, he was already two days off the medicine so he was weaned quicker than he should have been. Fortunately no serious problems but it still took a week for him to be anywhere close to normal.

Wow! Time flew by. Spring arrived and we talked about taking flowers to our ministering families but didn't. Easter arrived and we didn't even think about it.

We are learning our limitations.  We still think we can do all the things we did when we were younger but we can't.  Our energy is limited and we have to begin to adjust to our age.